On his 18th birthday, my son Jon and I climbed the 18,500' Urus in the Cordillera Blanca. A few days later I climbed another 20,000'+ peak with one of my faculty members.(Click on the photo to enlarge it.)
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Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')
A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch
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- The Mountaineer’s Companion
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- Leaves are turning
- The Next Generation
- Chongo and Yosemite Valley
- Adapting the Stove for Winter Conditions
- Laps on the crag
- Article: Fossils on Denali
- A Quote from BD
- Loading Up
- The Fossils in the Palisades
- Surveying the Glacier and Moraine
- More Trail Work
- Hock Weekly Totals:
- Working the land!
- Trail Work
- Tenya Peak
- Leaving the Mountains
- Comparative Grades:
- NCS Crag: comparative Routes
- Top of Crag
- The Rumor:
- Next Summer?
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- Did You Know?
- Alpinist 25
- Friend of Fossils
- Peru: Ishinca Valley
- Another 30 year-old shot
- Almost Thirty Years Ago Today
- Getting Ready for Ice Climbing
- Hock's weekly totals:
- Friends' Weekend
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- The man, the myth, the legend!
- Three Years Ago
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Important Climbing And Skiing Website Links
Aiguille de Gliere
Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Hock's best. What were your Five biggest and best routes?
- South Ridge of the Gliere
- North Ridge of the Grand Teton
- North Buttress of Middle Cathedral
- Sentinel Rouge on Mount Blanc
- Black Dike on Cannon
Hock's handful of could have, would have, wished I had, and still hope to do routes!
- West Face Tocllaraju
- North Face of the Matterhorn
- Black Ice Colouir on the Grand Teton
- Cassin Ridge on Denali
Fossil Clubhouse
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Cordillera Blanca
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')